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This article was nominated for deletion on 2006-11-20. The result of the discussion was Keep.

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Proposals concerning the content of the article

If this side isn't deleted, it will need a lot of work. For one, there are far too many links, common policy is to only have five links. We should go through the mentioned articles and look what can be integrated in the text, and what is too long to be integrated and thus must stay linked. I think it would be nice to have a photo of him, too - if there are public domain photos of him available. Sceptic Watcher 13:34, 21 November 2006 (UTC) Photo available for public use: http://www.normalbobsmith.com/hatemail225_me.jpg[reply]

I have worked on this side. If it isn't deleted, it should be more suitable now. Sceptic Watcher 13:50, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've made some changes to make it less arbitrary and more factual... what do you think?

Thank you, this is a lot better than my version - it's obvious that you are a native speaker, which I'm unfortunately not. Sceptic Watcher 11:54, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could the person who gave the link to the photo please add the relevant information? As it is now, it will be deleted on the 29th because I didn't provide the source etc. This is neccessary if the photo is to be used. Sceptic Watcher 11:59, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Using the word "clad" is silly for a wikipedia entry, in my opinion. Also, starting a sentence with because?! Wrong, wrong, wrong.--128.232.247.173 22:44, 27 November 2006 (UTC) I went and fixed those grammar issues myself. nobs 03:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ref. 7,000 hate mails: (Vacation's end, 2nd paragraph) --Djudge 22:33, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct, Djudge. It was a loose estimate but you may insert it back if you think it's worth mentioning. It seemed trivial to me. nobs 04:53, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing

This article needs more sources, particularly for the tenuously NPOV first half, which pointedly describes Smith's views. There are already some citations used in the article; these should be converted to proper citation format (I have fixed one as an example; please add the |accessdate= parameter to your citations, e.g. today's date is fine). As external links are converted to proper citations they should be removed per WP:EL. --Dhartung | Talk 08:38, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Real Name?

After an hour of searching I can't find his real name. I figured it is Robert something Smith but I can't find out what. It would help this article especially the introduction if it was known. Aiden Fisher 10:20, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do to the nature of my work I would prefer to not have my full name published. Feel free to email me if you've go any specific questions I can answer that would make this page more efficient bob@normalbobsmith.com . I will no longer edit this page if that's what is preferred. nobs 12:34, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]